Happy Birthday Bean!

I'm three years old already? That's CraZy!!!
I agree little girl, I agree. As a good friend of mine says, "the days are long but the years go fast". You are such a gift to your Daddy & me! We love your silly songs, your tender heart, your inquisitiveness, your high-as-only-dogs-can-hear squeal, your "pirate wink" and the great big hugs you give. We pray that God creates in you a soft heart, that you will seek His will and that you will grow to be a woman of grace. We love you Luca Bean!

The Birthday celebrations commenced with cake-baking. Luca tasted the batter and pronounced it "yummy" so we moved on to icing. Luca tasted that too (just to be safe).

Then she added the sprinkles (polka dots or stars were her options, she chose the "poke dots").

I practiced writing her name and of course this one turned out much better than the one on the cake...

...Luca didn't mind and ate them both.

All in all, we were happy with the finished product!
The taste and the candles are the important things anyway...
And when you get to have pink & purple layers, maybe even the taste doesn't matter so much.
In the end, i think she ate more frosting than cake!
Daddy brought Luca flowers...this is extra special to me because I remember a rose my Dad brought me on my 4th birthday. Luca was thrilled too!

Luca's favorite food is (are?) mushrooms. Seriously. A plate full of sauteed mushrooms is her idea of the perfect meal. On pizza, she'll eat the mushrooms off and then ask for another piece. She's a great little eater, for example, this phrase has actually come out of my mouth: "Luca, I want you to have two more bites of chicken and then you can have more vegetables". I laughed at myself after that one. Suffice it to say, I knew what she wanted for her birthday dinner...

Her present from Mommy & Daddy: A shiny red soccer ball!